Annual treatment for osteoporosis :
A
once-a-year treatment significantly cuts the risk of broken bones
caused by osteoporosis in post-menopausal women, international research
has shown.
Compared with a dummy pill, an infusion of Aclasta cut the risk of broken hips by 41% and of spinal breaks by 70%.
The
condition accounts for 60,000 hip and 120,000 spinal fractures a year
in the UK, mostly among post-menopausal women - and numbers are rising.
The study features in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Full Story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6615725.stm
National Osteoporosis Society have a lot of useful information.
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